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From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid

TechCrunch

The duo formally founded Tea out of Puerto Rico last November, with the company emerging from stealth in March backed by $8 million in funding from notable backers including the venture capital arm of crypto giant Binance. Tea , an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M This cohort was more successful than any other group in GlobalGiving history. There isn’t a decline over time in disaster donation totals from the past two months. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M since Aug.) since Sept.).

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Open source project Tea is brew2 for web3

TechCrunch

In conjunction with its launch, the Puerto Rico-based startup also announced that it has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of the largest crypto exchange by transaction volume. In a nod to Homebrew, Tea referred to itself as “brew2 for web3” in its announcement. .

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Democrats have a new plan to legalize marijuana federally

The Verge

Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a discussion draft of legislation that proposes sweeping reform to marijuana policy in the US. Medicinal marijuana is even more widespread, legal in 37 states, Puerto Rico, D.C.,

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The Station: Rounding up the Tesla Cyber Roundup, a Waymo change up and the mysterious disappearance of Bolt Mobility

TechCrunch

Argo AI launched a safety advisory council , an external group of safety experts to help the company advance its autonomous mission and build trust with the public. Innoviz will be supplying its lidar sensors and perception software to all Volkswagen group vehicles with automated driving capabilities. . Notable reads and other tidbits.

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

The Verge

ByteDance is reportedly considering all manner of proposed solutions to keep TikTok alive around the world — it’s expected to generate $500 million in revenue this year , after all. Ime Archibong runs Facebook ’s New Product Experimentation group and has become one of the highest-ranking Black leaders at the company. Governing. ?

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Why Twitter labeling Trump?s tweets as ?potentially misleading? is a big step forward

The Verge

Congress may begin writing letters , and new laws will be proposed, so that such a bad post never again appears on the internet. Facebook , Twitter , and Google all pushed back against the proposed panel, denying any anticonservative bias. On forums and in Facebook groups, Instacart’s sick pay has become a kind of sour joke.

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